LET’S CELEBRATE AMERICA the grand Canyon This Place Rocks by Joanne Mattern
a place of beauty Look around You are standing in one of the most amazing places on Earth A huge crack in the land spreads out in front of you Looking down you see rocks that rise from the ground far below Some of the rocks are flat on top Others are jagged and sharp The landscape is striped with different colors and the rocks glow in the sun Patches of green dot the ground and small narrow canyons cut into the rocks A sparkle of water shows a river flowing at the bottom of the canyon From the top the river looks small but a closer look shows a noisy rush of water carving through the canyon floor This place is the Grand Canyon It is millions of years old It is one of the most beautiful places on Earth The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World It is the only Wonder located in the United States The seven natural wonders of the world 4
